Tumblr Thread: Real World Benefits Of The Arts

This fun Tumblr thread, as provided by Imgur user randomlapis, provides a great example of how spending time on the arts can help people learn excellent bits of knowledge. One user knew the name of the man who assassinated William McKinley — Leon Czolgosz — from a musical about assassins, while another user cited School House Rock for their memorization of the U.S. Constitution's preamble. The musical Rent might not suffice as a total substitution for math class, but it sure can teach you how many minutes are in a year. Even knowing the Canadian national anthem by heart can win a few extra points on a social studies test in some parts, it seems.

What's the lesson here? Learn all the random knowledge that you can — preferably through musicals and television shows, because it'll all circle back around at one point. Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this thread that traces the history of how cats became domesticated.

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